#859b78

Color #859b78

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium green.

Closest named color Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f · ΔE 14.31 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 12.8

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Conversions

HEX

#859b78

RGB

rgb(133, 155, 120)

HSL

hsl(97.7, 14.9%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(97.7, 22.6%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.2%, 0%, 22.6%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(61.47, -14.48, 15.84)

LCH

lch(61.47, 21.46, 132.43)

OKLCH

oklch(66.3%, 0.0562, 134.06)

HWB

hwb(97.7, 47.1%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e789b

Analogous

#969b78

#859b78

#789b7c

Triadic

#859b78

#78859b

#9b7885

Split-complementary

#859b78

#7c789b

#9b7896

Tetradic

#859b78

#789b8e

#8e789b

#9b7885

Square

#859b78

#78969b

#8e789b

#9b7c78

Shades

Color #859b78 mixed toward black.

#6e8461

#58694e

#424f3a

#2c3527

#161a13

Tints

Color #859b78 mixed toward white.

#99ac8e

#aebca5

#c2cdbb

#d6ded2

#ebeee8

Tones

Color #859b78 mixed toward gray.

#86987b

#86957e

#879281

#888f84

#898c87

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8f82 · ΔE 11.7

Deuteranopia

#8e8c84 · ΔE 14.3

Tritanopia

#86898a · ΔE 17

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 16.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #859b78;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#859b78]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#859b78 (#859b78) is rgb(133, 155, 120) in RGB.

No, #859b78 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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